Ettihad Cargo 747

[NigelKennedy]

Anyone know what a jumbo 747 Ettihad cargo plane was doing parked up for a couple days at CM airport...maybe Chiang Mai exports a lot. Have seen mushrooms grown in CM in Dubai supermarkets.

[Dancealot]

De-icing..?

[NancyL]

Good reporting, Nigel. Maybe we need a ThaiVisa denizen hanging around the Chiang Mai airport the way we have so many hanging around the two Immigration offices.

[MESmith]

It arrived during the airshow on Saturday. I thought it was the star of the show

[Maybole]

Parking fees at CNX may be low compared with BKK. Quantas used to send a near enpty B747from LHR to MAN to sit for about 6 hours because LHR fees made it cheaper..

[Rob13]

Wish I had known about the airshow, How was It?

[MESmith]

Wish I had known about the airshow, How was It?

It's more of an open day at wing41 for Children's Day. Not a lot of flying displays, but we had a close up view of the Etihad landing & taxiing by. I think the only flying display this year was by the ancient Albatross jet fighters.

[MadMac]

Last time I saw two of the old jets landing in parallel driving down Hang Dong Rd., crazy folks. Next time perhaps they try with freighters

[WinnieTheKhwai]

Parking fees at CNX may be low compared with BKK. Quantas used to send a near enpty B747from LHR to MAN to sit for about 6 hours because LHR fees made it cheaper..

I bet lowest would be Utapao. Acres and acres of unused space. Even the old Thai-Orient clunkers are there, so then you just KNOW it's cheap.

Also.. It's Etihad. They're not short on wide, dry, open spaces to park a couple planes. And money is unlikely to be a consideration for anything they do anyway.

Edited January 15, 2016 by WinnieTheKhwai

[kaptainrob]

Parking fees at CNX may be low compared with BKK. Quantas used to send a near enpty B747from LHR to MAN to sit for about 6 hours because LHR fees made it cheaper..

I bet lowest would be Utapao. Acres and acres of unused space. Even the old Thai-Orient clunkers are there, so then you just KNOW it's cheap.

Also.. It's Etihad. They're not short on wide, dry, open spaces to park a couple planes. And money is unlikely to be a consideration for anything they do anyway.

You are correct, aircraft parking fees are the same for the international airports incl. BKK, DMK, CNX, HKT, Hat Yai and Chiang Rai.

[anto]

>>Also.. It's Etihad. They're not short on wide, dry, open spaces to park a couple planes. And money is unlikely to be a consideration for anything they do anyway.<<

Maybe because they are known to double charge on Debit card transactions on line .It just happened me and i am currently trying to get my money back .When i googled it ,it turns out loads of people have had the same problem with Etihad ,

[arunsakda]

It is an ACMI contract, believe the operator is Atlas Air (US).

[MESmith]

It is an ACMI contract, believe the operator is Atlas Air (US).

Correct. Atlas Air painted on aircraft nose.